It is common to see visitors to the building playfully interacting with the ribbon screen. They simulate pushing or pulling the ribbons at the points where they are swept aside, squeeze between ribbons that are close together, or stand half inside and half outside the engawa.

During manufacture the steel ribbons were manually adjusted so that each appears unique. Part of this process was completed during prefabrication, when the ribbons where individually crafted, and part on-site during installation. This manual process of positioning ribbons allowed for variation and an organic appearance – no part of the finished screen was the result of digital fabrication. Design and crafting of the screen incorporated the functional repetition associated with serial production with the opportunity for randomness. Like all things handmade, the spontaneity of human intervention enlivens the necessities of function and, in this case, invites interaction.